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JuanKerr wrote:
Fair enough, just seems hypocritical - for example, plenty of other foods contain battery farm-sourced eggs so you could be still supporting intensive farming. Doesn't really take a lot of effort to look into the source of your food.

It depends what my stance is as to whether it's hypocritical, surely? I just try to avoid unnecessarily cruel foods as and when I can, basically. It helps that I cook from scratch so I don't have to worry why Tescos Value meat product #1736 is only 15p.

LeoliansBro wrote:
The problem is really that if you go far enough down that rabbithole you become a veggie, and so most people prefer to either Hugh Fernley-Whittinstall their own animal husbandry guidelines, or bury their head in the sand.

What annoys me is that the very same people who get all upset when they hear about whaling or whatever will happily buy shit, intensively-farmed meat without really giving it any thought at all. Have some fucking consistency!

JuanKerr wrote:
What annoys me is that the very same people who get all upset when they hear about whaling or whatever will happily buy shit, intensively-farmed meat without really giving it any thought at all. Have some fucking consistency!

Ah, I suspect this is the combination of me over-selling my upset..ness of whaling and underselling how much I care I take in buying food. I'd rather cook myself a nice veggie meal than buy the cheap meats/ready meals just because I have a hankering for protein, which is why I don't worry about it as much.

Have tried whale in Reykjavik, was alright but nothing special. Was not a popular choice with my other half but she was at least relieved they were out of puffin (my original choice)

At a Michelin star place I had 'head to toe sheep' which included brain and testicles. Brain was disgusting and tasted exactly how I imagined brain to taste- the texture was just not right. I was full of bravado but simply couldn't bring myself to try the testicles once they were in front of me.